Display device



H. 0. HOUSE DI-SPLAY DEVICE July 21, 1925.

Filed Dec. 27, 1923 Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES HOWARD 0. HOUSE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed December 27, 1923. Serial No. 683,060.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD C. House, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new anduseful Improvement in Display Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising or display devices of the kind bymeans of which the goods, or packages of the goods are supported inposition to be displayed.

The objects of this invention are to provide an advertising or displaydevice which may be shipped to the user in a flat package and which maybe set up without the use of adhesive or other securing means, into aposition to sup-port the article and with which the article to bedisplayed cooperates to hold the parts of the display device in correctrelation to 'each other; also to improve the construction of devices ofthis kind in other respects hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a displaydevice embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a View. of the device before the parts thereof are folded intotheir operative positions.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view thereof showing oneof the positions of the parts during the setting up of the device:

Fig. 5 is a side view thereof on a reduced scale.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional elevation thereof.

The advertising or display device is made of a single sheet of cardboardor other material and includes a main upright panel A having anintegral, forwardly extending part or panel B, connected therewith,preferably by a scored or creased edge a, and two side panels or wings Care preferably, though not necessarily, provided which are alsoconnected with the main panel by means of creased or scored portions 0.All of these panels or parts may be ornamented as desired, or maycontain advertising matter relating to the articles to be supported onthe display device, and may be of any suitable or deslred shape. Theforwardly extending panel is provided with one or more apertures oropenings 6 cut therein and these openings are of such form or shape asto accommodate the articles X tobe displayed. In the particularconstruction shown, the for,- wardly extending panel is inclined,sloping. downwardly from its connection with the main panel and at thelower front edge of the inclined panel or part B is a scored or creasedline forming a folding or hinged edge cl by means of which a bottompanel D is connected to the forwardly extending panel, and an.interloeking panel E is connected by means of a similar edge 6 with thebottom panel D. The bottom panel normally is in a horizontal positionand isadapted to form a base for the display device and to rest upon anydesired support, and the articles X which pass through the openings 6'in the inclined panel rest upon the bottom panel D and thus help tosecurely hold the display device in its operative or upright position.The interlocking panel E s folded npwardly and assumes a substant allyupright position adjacent to the main panel A, and the interlockingpanel is so arranged relatively to the other parts of the display devicethat an article while supported on a display device will positively holdthe interlocking parts in their engaging positions, so that the devicecannot be taken apart or collapsed except by first removing the articleswhich are to be displayed. In order to accomplish this result, thefollowlng construction is preferably emplo ed.

Thcinterlocking panel E is provi ed at its outer edge with a pluralityof locking projections or keys F which are preferably formed integralwith the panel and the opposite sides of which are separated from thepanel by means of recesses or cut-out portions f, so that the lockingprojections are substantially T-shaped, including outer head portionsconnected to the panel by neck portions of reduced width. The openings 6in the forwardly extending panel are also provided with portions, suchas the parts f, which are wider than the parts of the opening adjoiningthe main panel of the device. Consequently, the interlocking panel maybe bent into the position shown in' Fig. 4, in which the enlarged headsof the interlocking projections or keys F can be passed through the wideportions of the openings 6, and the panel E is then swung rearwardlyinto an upright position, as

1 undercut portions f of the interlocking panel and engaging the neckportions of the the article which the interlockin shown in Fig. 1. Inthis position the interlocking portions or keys F lie flatly agamst themain panel A and the side portions thereof project beyond the sides ofthe openings 6, the edges of the reduced portions of the openingsextending into the interlockin parts In. Consequently when is insertedin the openingb, as shown in Fig. 1, the rear part of the article willengage the interlocking panel E and hold the same in theupright positionin projections or keys F are held in the re uced portions of theopenings 1) and are thus prevented from be coming unlocked. It will beseen, in view of this construction, that the articles X are securelyheld in the display device, and the articles in turn hold the lockingparts of the display device in their operative positions so that thedisplay device-with the articles in place therein may be picked up ormoved about as desired, without disarranging the relative positionsofthe articles with reference to the display device, or without moving anyof the parts of the display device out of their interlocked positions.

Any suitable or desired means may be provided for holding the main panelin its vertical or operative position. In the construction shown, twoseparate means are provided for this purpose, and it will be understoodthat either one of these means may be dispensed with, if desired, orboth means may be used to ensure the proper positioning of the mainpanel relatively to the other parts of the device. llhe side panels orwings O, which have already been referred to, may be used to hold themain panel in its upright position, in which case means are provided forsecuring the side panels to other parts of the device. In theconstruction shown, the side panels or wings are provided with slits ,7adapted to receive projections G extending laterally from the inclinedpanel B. By passing the locking projections through the slits g, theside panels or wings C will be held in a definite, fined relation withreference to the inclined panel B, and thus in turn will hold the rearpanel A in its upright position.

The other means for holding the main panel in its upright position,whichmay, if desired, he need in conjunction with the side panels orwings, consist cf dew wardly projecting, integral parts or e; ensions ofthe main panel, these eztenscns or praise tions being ormed by thecnttng of the openings & in nclined panel. Since these extensions proectdownwardly oelow the line of fold a, the extensions will, when anarticle is in position. in'the device, prevent the main panel fromswinging rearwardly and the artlcles themselves, which stand in 'ence toeach other.

display device without the use of any adhesive or retaining means otherthan those formed integral with the panel itself, and when in itsoperative position, the device, together with the articles displayedtherein, so may be moved about as desired, without in any way changingthe relative positions of the articles with reference to the device orchanging any parts of the device with refer- F do I claim as myinvention:

l. lln an advertising or display device, the combination of a main panelprovided with a forwardly extending part having an aperture adapted toreceive an article tobe displayed, a bottom panel connected with said'forwardly extending part and upon which the article to be displayed isadapted to rest, and an interlocking panel extending upwardly from saidbottom panel and hav- @5 ing a part adapted to extend throughsa1daperture and to overhang the sides of the aperture in said forwardlyextending part to secure said panels in their correct relations to eachother.

2. In an advertising or display device, the combination of a main panelprovided with a forwardly extending part having an aperture adapted toreceive an article to? be displayed, said aperture being of greaterwidth at portions thereof removed from. said main panel than at thepoint of juncture of said forwardly extending part with said main panel,an interlockin panel having a part of substantially T-s ape adapted topass through said aperture at the portions thereof of greater width andto be moved' toward the juncture of said main panel with said forwardlyextending part to interlock with said forwardly extending part and tooverhang the sides of the aperture at the portion thereof adjoiningsa1d. main panel, and means connecting said interlocking panel withsaid. forwardly extending 3. in an advertising or display combination ofa main panel. prov with a fort ,7 extending part havi aperture adapt toreceive an article displayed, a bottom. panel comie'civcd i saidextending part and n which the a to rest, and interlocking panelextending upwardly from said bottom panel and hava part adapted toextend through and grip the sides or said'apeiture and interlock e to hedi layed is adapt 4. In, an advertising or display device,thecombination of a main upright panel, an inchned panel extendingforwardly from said main panel, and a bottom panel, said panels allbeing joined by hinged connections, said inclined panel having anaperture which receives an article to be displayed and which is ofcomparatively narrow width adjacent to said main panel and of greaterwidth at a distance therefrom, and an interlocking part having a hingedconnection with said bottom panel and having an enlarged head adapted topass through said portion of said aperture of greater width and a neckadapted to engage the portions of the aperture of less width, saidinterlocking part being held in the part of said aperture of less widthby an article when positioned in said aperture. 5. In an advertising ordisplay device, the combination of a main upright panel, an inclinedpanel extending forwardly from said main panel and having an apertureadapted to receive an article to be displayed, said aperture extendingfrom said main panel toward the front of said inclined panel and havinga portion of increased width at a distance from said main panel, abottom panel, an interlocking part having a hinged connection with saidbottom panel and including a head and a reduced neck portion, said headbeing adapted to pass through said portion of said aperture of increasedwidth and to be moved toward said main panel, whereby said neck portionis engaged b the parts of said inclined panel surroun ing said apertureto hold said interlocking part in fixed relation thereto, saidinterlocking part being held in its interlocking position by an articlepositioned in said aperture, and side panels hinged to the sides of saidmain panel and adapted to be secured to the sides of said inclined panelto hold said'panels in fixed relation to each other.

6. In an advertising or display device, the combination of a main panelprovided with a forwardly extending part having an aperture adapted toreceive an article to be displayed, said aperture terminating at thefolded edge joining said main panel and forwardly extending part and theportion of said-device cut from said aperture extending downwardly fromsaid folded edge,

a bottom panel connected with said forwardly extending part and uponwhich the article to be displayed is adapted to rest, and aninterlocking panel extending upwardly from said bottom panel in front ofsaid downwardly extending portions of said main dpanel and having a partadapted to exten through said aperture and to overhang the sides oftheaperture in said forwardly extending part to secure said panels in theircorrect relations to each other.

HOWARD 0. HOUSE.

